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E. BEECHER. DEMONSTRATING CASE AND GARRIER FOR COMMERCIAL SALESMEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1919. v1,31 1 ,586. Patented July 29, 1919.

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E. BEECHER. I DEMONSTRATING CASE AND CARRIER FOR COMMERCIAL SALESMEN.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 2.1919.

1,3 1 1,586. Patented July 29, 1919.

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EDWARD BEECHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO INDIAN PACKING COMPANY, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

DEMONSTRATING CASE AND CARRIER FOR COMMERCIAL SALESMEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed May 2, 1919. Serial No. 294,141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BEEGHER, a citizen of the United States, residlng at .St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Demonstrating Cases and Carriers for Commercial salesmen, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved demonstrating case and carrier for commercial salesmen, and is more particularly designed for use in the carrying and demonstration of foodproducts, such as roasted and corned beef, tongues, sausage, veal loaf, soups, and so forth, which are cooked and put up in tin cans, and which only require to be heated to be ready for consumption.

To this end my invention consists in the provision of a compact and attractive case in which cans containing the above-mentioned or similar food products may be carried, and in which thermos bottles, plates, knives, forks, spoons, and paper napkins can be stored for use in demonstrating the food products carried, as well as a small portable stove with which such products may be heated, the said case being supplied with means whereby the cans containing the goods may be attractively displayed in the manner in which they will appear on the shelves of the dealer purchasing the same.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

In order that a clearer perception of the present invention may be obtained a drawing depicting a preferred form of the invention is herewith incorporated to form a part of this specification, in the several views of which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts.

In this drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case in open position; Fig. 2 a perspective view of the case when closed with the front thereof partly broken away to show the cans of food contained therein, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

4L designates the body of the case, preferably of rectangular form, and provided with a back 5, end walls 6, and a cover 7 hinged at its rear edge to the back 5, and provided with a handle 8. 9 designates the front of the case hinged thereto at its lower edge and forming when swung down a table on which the goods may be placed when heated and ready for eating. The front of the case 4 immediately behind the front leaf ,9 is provided with a series of shelves 10 of a width less than that of the case but extending the full length thereof and on which the cans or other containers of the goods are placed, such shelves with the goods thereon simulating the appearance of the shelves of a store on which similar cans of food products are displayed.

Hinged to the edge of the lowermost of the shelves 10 is a door 11 covering a space extending the entire length and width of the case 4:, and in which a portable stove used for heating the goods may be conveniently packed or stored when not in use, as well as the culinary utensils used either in the preparation of the goods for eating, or in eating of the same.

Back of the shelves 10 is a space divided by transverse and longitudinal partitions l2 and 13 forming between them compartments adapted for the storage and carrying of thermos bottles, metal plates, paper napkins, knives, forks, or other utensils required in serving of the food articles after they have been heated and are ready for consumption.

As will be seen from the drawing, the top and front covers are provided with fastening means 14 and 15 to hold them in closed position, the top or cover 7 extending down over the upper edge of the front or drop leaf 9 when the latter is swung up into closed position. As shown in Fig. 1 when the front 9 is in open position to serve as a table the fastening means 15 may be utilized as supporting legs therefor.

The case is provided as shown with the metal corner caps as commonly used on baggage to resist wear at such points.

The agent or commercial traveler seeking orders for the sale of a line of food products and equipped with my improved demonstrating case can expeditiously and attractively display the goods by opening the cover 7 and dropping the front leaf 9, thus displaying the cans arranged on the shelves 10, following which he can quickly and satisfactorily demonstrate the quality of such goods by heating a can thereof and placing the same on a plate on the drop leaf or front 9, together with the necessary knives, forks, or spoons, whereby the dealer may by actual test of the goods determine the quality of the same.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A combined carrier and demonstrating case comprising a body portion having stationary backanol ends, a series of shelves adj acent the front of the case extending longitudinally thereof, a storage compartment below said shelves and a hinged front therefor, a series of transversely and longitudinally disposed partitions arranged in the rear of said shelves and forming storage com artments between them a hin ed cover for said last mentioned compartments afiording access thereto when raised, a hinged 1 cover forming the top ofthe case, and a hinged front in said case exposing saiid longitudinally extending shelves when 10wered.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 WVitnesses: I g CONsTA OE FUCHS, ALGERNON S. CAsE.

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